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In all seriousness, I go to Walgreens and get their brand of beer. Yes. It's called Big Flatts. It's sold only at Walgreens. $3.10/6 cans. That's a price I can handle. And since I dont drink a ton, I like being able to get my buzz on for the same price as one beer at the bar.

Hagbardr:That's why I drink Genny Cream Ale. It's $13.99/30 where I live. I'll be pissed when the hipsters discover it because I was drinking it before it was cool.

Pfft.

Very sweet, but not bad considering the price. Little darker hue than any miller product ive compared it to at least, and its somehow hangover free. Theres also boxer ice which tastes a little better, is 5.5% instead of 5% and is the same price.

Back in the 70s my friend drank PBR because it was cheap and he always made sure I had a beer in my hand when I visited. I kinda got to liking it back then, and still have a soft spot for it. I've been drinking SNPA for the past 20 years, but for a canned domestic lager, PBR is not so bad. It may be better than Bud.

Tarkus:Back in the 70s my friend drank PBR because it was cheap and he always made sure I had a beer in my hand when I visited. I kinda got to liking it back then, and still have a soft spot for it. I've been drinking SNPA for the past 20 years, but for a canned domestic lager, PBR is not so bad. It may be better than Bud.

Cubs300:In all seriousness, I go to Walgreens and get their brand of beer. Yes. It's called Big Flatts. It's sold only at Walgreens. $3.10/6 cans. That's a price I can handle. And since I dont drink a ton, I like being able to get my buzz on for the same price as one beer at the bar.

God-is-a-Taco:Huh, so PBR was popular with the working class and now it's popular among the yuppie hipster douches because they can condescend merely by holding it in their hands.Hipsters really are scum.

That's the jist of it. And they wonder why people have such visceral hate for them-- when the pretend to like something "ironically" they're really dissing it.

Cubs300:In all seriousness, I go to Walgreens and get their brand of beer. Yes. It's called Big Flatts. It's sold only at Walgreens. $3.10/6 cans. That's a price I can handle. And since I dont drink a ton, I like being able to get my buzz on for the same price as one beer at the bar.

Grain alcohol would be cheaper and you could mix it with urine if you still wanted the authentic Big Flats flavor. As evidenced above, im a bit of a cheap beer connoisseur, walgreens beer is not good at all.

ThatGuyFromTheInternet:Hipsters better not fark up my cheap beer o' choice:[2.bp.blogspot.com image 850x566] A sixer of 1-pint cans is six bucks in any packie in Puritan Massachusetts. And their Octoberfest is farking delicious.

Even in downtown Boston. It is my cheapo beer of choice for the last many years. But it is building up steam unfortunately. Luckily, most of the hipsters in Boston are going Champagne of Beers.

Huh - I still love my beer, and can fortunately afford what i have a hankering for.

But in college, McDonald's used to run their "5 Big Macs for $5) promo often. I could get 2 cases of Pfeifer's returnies and 5 Big Macs for $20, and my weekend was set. Of course, by Sunday morning you were scraping the brown lettuce off the Big Mac's, but still... it was $20 for the whole weekend!

advres:ThatGuyFromTheInternet: Hipsters better not fark up my cheap beer o' choice:[2.bp.blogspot.com image 850x566] A sixer of 1-pint cans is six bucks in any packie in Puritan Massachusetts. And their Octoberfest is farking delicious.

Even in downtown Boston. It is my cheapo beer of choice for the last many years. But it is building up steam unfortunately. Luckily, most of the hipsters in Boston are going Champagne of Beers.

I'm *actual* New England working-poor, not Amherst/Hamptons/Boston hipsters. If they force my "Can't really afford to drink at all this week, buuut..." beer from affordability, I believe it will be proper cause to get my Irish up.

ThatGuyFromTheInternet:advres: ThatGuyFromTheInternet: Hipsters better not fark up my cheap beer o' choice:[2.bp.blogspot.com image 850x566] A sixer of 1-pint cans is six bucks in any packie in Puritan Massachusetts. And their Octoberfest is farking delicious.

Even in downtown Boston. It is my cheapo beer of choice for the last many years. But it is building up steam unfortunately. Luckily, most of the hipsters in Boston are going Champagne of Beers.

I'm *actual* New England working-poor, not Amherst/Hamptons/Boston hipsters. If they force my "Can't really afford to drink at all this week, buuut..." beer from affordability, I believe it will be proper cause to get my Irish up.

I see you live in woostah. Grew up in Westboro. Upgraded since then ;)

poe_zlaw:It's hilarious how hipsters strike such a chord with so many Farkers.... And you all express how you hope they dont screw up your own hip version of PBR. How cute

Quiet. It's not about screwing up these people's "own hip version of PBR", it's about artificial price gouging of what used to be a relatively inexpensive product due to the fact that it has become a status symbol of a rather annoying subculture full of condescending people. There is a good thing about these Hipsters though, it helped PBR survive as an American company that is not owned by a foreign corporation and the Craft Beer phenomenon is making liquor purchasing and drinking a more diverse hobby for the larger society; but still, many Hipsters are still condescending arseholes and deserve the "Hipster Hate"!

Fat_46:Huh - I still love my beer, and can fortunately afford what i have a hankering for.

But in college, McDonald's used to run their "5 Big Macs for $5) promo often. I could get 2 cases of Pfeifer's returnies and 5 Big Macs for $20, and my weekend was set. Of course, by Sunday morning you were scraping the brown lettuce off the Big Mac's, but still... it was $20 for the whole weekend!

I really don't need details here but on a 1-10 scale, how bad did your Monday and Tuesdays shaits smell?

I'm sick of the hate on PBR. Especially by people who drink nothing but BMC beers. It is way less offensive than any of those and has long been my cheap beer of choice. I am a craft beer fan, hop head and home brewer, but given limited choice or when I want a simple adjunct lager, I'll usually reach for PBR. The fact that Tallboys are usually cheap at random dive bar in the city doesn't hurt. But I have noticed those occasions diminishing as of late as venues are catching on to it's popularity. Bah.

mochunk:I'm sick of the hate on PBR. Especially by people who drink nothing but BMC beers. It is way less offensive than any of those and has long been my cheap beer of choice. I am a craft beer fan, hop head and home brewer, but given limited choice or when I want a simple adjunct lager, I'll usually reach for PBR. The fact that Tallboys are usually cheap at random dive bar in the city doesn't hurt. But I have noticed those occasions diminishing as of late as venues are catching on to it's popularity. Bah.

Yeah, it's actually not terrible. It's what my dad used to drink, which is pretty much the only reason I won't touch it anymore. (Makes me feel like I'm 16 again, sneaking a beer from the fridge.)

I'm still waiting for this to find its way down to Texas -- tastes like home to me: